Space

NASA requests $1.2 billion for the Commercial Crew spaceflight program (CCP) in FY ’16, a nearly 54 percent increase from the $805 million that was enacted in FY ’14, according […]

The Air Force said it postponed NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission until Friday due to an upper level wind constraint. Launch will take place at 9:20 a.m. EST […]

Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. laid out Monday their timelines for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew program […]

The Air Force and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said Friday they reached agreement on a path forward in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) dispute between the two parties. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT], developer of the Air Force’s nearly multi-billion dollar Space Fence radar program, will begin key facilities construction in the next few months after performing a series of […]

MOJAVE, Calif. —Stratolaunch Systems is almost 40 percent through assembly of its massive carrier aircraft and is on track for a 2016 first flight goal, according to Scaled Composites President […]

The Navy’s third of a new constellation of satellites designed to allow mobile warfighters to communicate in beyond-the-line-of-sight scenarios has been successfully launched into orbit, the service said. The Mobile […]

Air Force Secretary Deborah James said she selected former chief of staff and retired Gen. Larry Welch to lead an independent review of the service’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]

The Air Force and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) are headed to mediation this month after a federal judge Wednesday denied contractor United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Jan. 7 motion to […]

Airbus Defence and Space, TerraNIS, and ARTAL Technologies signed a partnership agreement to boost the use of satellite imagery services by private and public international players, Airbus said on Tuesday. […]